Patek Philippe Calatrava 18 ct gold manual winding Kal. 177 Ref. 3520/D Reviews

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The Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 "Nicky Jam" High Jewellery Watch Is A Real Head-Scratcher
The MECA-10 ranks among the cooler and more novel in-house movements of the last decade. It’s niche, it’s not exactly practical, but once you dig into it, you’ll see that it’s an obscure love letter to mechanics. Ariel has chatted with the “movement engineer” at Hublot who was part of the two-year process of taking it from concept to reality. Now, the Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 “Nicky Jam” wraps that impressive movement in an, ahem, impressive number of diamonds and weird-colored defunct alligators.It’s a real head-scratcher of a watch for me. At first sight, it looks like a prop from hip-hop videos - and at all the subsequent sights, this impression unpleasantly continues to linger around. But if it’s a bedazzled, “Look at me, did I tell you I got rich fast?” watch that you are after, boy does the MECA-10 “Nicky Jam” pass muster. If you still have a bit of sense left between your pierced ears, you’l
A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Dual Time Watch
To be honest when I first checked out this Saxonia Dual Time watch I didn’t give it much attention. It was nice, but didn’t really look like the A. Lange & Sohne watches I was used to. I was frankly more interested in the Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Merite as well as the Zeitwerk Striking. It was only after returning to the watch later on did I realize that it was a really nicely done dual time watch. The movement is all Lange, but the dial feels a bit like something else. It is quite minimalist for the brand, and the dual time function is easy to adjust. All that Lange engineering, but telling people it is one will result in a double-take.